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I ask because I have a couple of the Gino S flower weights and am intrigued to know how they are made! Also, I have just bought a new one which is a large ball of 'froth' with Christmas Trees in - well, 'tis (approaching) the season! :wink: :lol:

I think you get lots of small bubbles by sprinkling charcoal dust onto the glass before taking another gather and reheating in the glory hole. That is certainly one way it can be done: I tried this under instruction at Selkirk Glass earlier this year. Alan.

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The link is to a page for "History of Murano Glass" which contains a Glossary. For the term "Pulegoso", which is what Murano folk called the mass of bubbles [used in art glass and also paperweights], it is stated that Kerosene was used - sprinkled on the hot glass.

I imagine this was much like using charcoal or even fine chalk, but giving the "frothy" effect. What I do not understand, is how anything sprinkled on the got glass could be controlled to produce both small and larger bubbles in the "froth" - which is something I have noticed in all weights with the pulegoso effect.

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